During Friday’s Belk Bowl press conference, Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins said one of his wishes was for both Jordan Ellis and Olamide Zaccheaus to reach 1,000 yards on the season.

A look at the 2018 Belk Bowl in photos by Ray Reynolds/South Boston News & Record

A year and a day ago, Virginia football wasn’t a thing of beauty. The Cavaliers had been annihilated in their first bowl game in six years in a 49-7 embarrassment at Navy.

When Virginia senior wideout Olamide Zaccheaus spoke to the media Friday morning leading up to Saturday’s Belk Bowl matchup against South Carolina, his formula for victory was pretty straightforward.

Virginia junior quarterback Bryce Perkins threw three touchdown passes to senior receiver Olamide Zaccheaus as the Cavaliers won their first bowl game in 13 years, defeating South Carolina 28-0 Saturday in the Belk Bowl.

Inside the numbers for Saturday’s Belk Bowl at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, pitting the Virginia Cavaliers (7-5) of the ACC versus South Carolina’s Gamecocks (7-5) of the SEC.

Virginia All-American cornerback Bryce Hall revealed during a Belk Bowl media event at the Charlotte Convention Center Friday morning that he has made a decision regarding his future as a Cavalier.

South Carolina’s defensive game plan is as simple as cornbread when it comes to stopping Virginia in Saturday’s Belk Bowl: don’t let Bryce Perkins run wild.

South Carolina’s talked-about, up-tempo, pass-happy offense will be missing a key piece in Deebo Samuel for Saturday’s Belk Bowl against Virginia Saturday, but the Gamecocks are downplaying the star receiver’s absence.

If you’re not going to be in Charlotte on Saturday morning for the Belk Bowl, then make sure you get warmed up for the noon game by listening to “The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” on ESPN Charlottesville from 9 to 10 a.m. on WVAX radio, 1450 AM and 102.9 FM.

It was 6:30 on a Saturday night a few weeks ago when Virginia’s coaching staff were hosting a recruiting function at the McCue Center football offices. On their way to the gathering, they happened upon one lone Cavalier player in the building studying film.

We are taking the “Way Back Machine” to earlier this century when Virginia won back-to-back bowl games for only the second time in Wahoo football history: 2002 and 2003, the Continental Tire Bowl(s).